Senior Consultant M/F - Cloud Architect Expert GCP

About the company

Sopra Steria Next is the digital transformation consulting brand of the Sopra Steria Group. Its 3,400 consultants in Europe design visionary, truly actionable strategies and commit to tangible results for companies, their employees, and their customers.

Sopra Steria Next is part of the Sopra Steria Group, a major player in Tech in Europe, recognized for its consulting, digital services, and software publishing activities. The Group provides a global response to the competitiveness challenges of large companies and organizations, combining deep knowledge of business sectors and innovative technologies with a resolutely collaborative approach.

Sopra Steria places people at the heart of its actions and is committed to working with its clients to make the most of digital technology to build a positive future. In 2024, the Group achieved a turnover of 5.8 billion euros.

Your tasks

Join Sopra Steria Next, the digital transformation consulting firm of the Sopra Steria group, within the France Hub. You will join the Cloud specialty consulting, Architecture & IT Advisory, and more specifically the GCP Tribe:

Our teams support major accounts in their strategic Cloud transformation programs, by combining:

• Consulting and definition of trajectories
• Deep technical expertise
• Delivery of ambitious and secure Cloud solutions

GCP Cloud Consulting and Strategy You will work with our clients and business teams to:

• Define and guide Cloud transformation strategies
• Build target trajectories adapted to Data and Infrastructure challenges
• Participate in scoping, pre-sales phases, and structuring work
• Produce architecture recommendations aligned with Google Cloud best practices

GCP Solution Architecture and Design You design and validate complete architectures including:

• Data architectures (BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Dataproc, AI/ML, Looker)
• Infrastructure and platform architectures (GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, networks, IAM)
• Security, resilience, observability, and cost optimization models
• Automation pipelines in a DevSecOps approach (Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps)

You also provide advanced technical support to development or integration teams.

Delivery and Integration On mission, you are a GCP referent capable of:

• Taking charge of the detailed design and implementation of Cloud solutions
• Providing technical supervision to internal or client teams
• Guaranteeing the quality, performance, security, and compliance of deliverables
• Actively participating in the delivery of complex Cloud projects

Sopra Steria Next Internal Contribution You participate in the internal dynamics of the Cloud Tribe:

• Animation of technical communities
• Knowledge sharing, capitalization, mentoring
• Participation in the recruitment of experienced profiles
• Writing content (articles, use cases, white papers)
• Contribution to the relationship with the Google partner (events, demonstrations, partner programs)
• Participation in offers and pre-sales topics

Requirements

In this context, we are looking for Senior Consultants to Consultant Managers possessing triple GCP expertise (Infrastructure, Data, Architecture) and capable of intervening in both consulting missions and delivery and integration projects.

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent
• 5 to 10+ years of experience in Cloud, Data, and/or Infrastructure architecture
• Confirmed expertise in Google Cloud Platform
• Hybrid experience: consulting, scoping, architecture, delivery

GCP Expertise

• Google Cloud Professional Architect certification (or Data Engineer, Network Engineer)
• Mastery of GCP Data and Platform services
• Solid knowledge of Cloud security
• Design of Landing Zones, network architectures, IAM, workloads
• Knowledge of GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Observability

Hybrid Consulting / Integration Skills

• Ability to intervene in scoping and strategy phases
• Ability to deliver architectures and supervise implementations
• Interpersonal skills and consulting posture
• Working in a multi-stakeholder environment with autonomy and leadership

Complementary Technical Practices

• Development (Python, Go, Java, JavaScript)
• Automation and DevSecOps (Terraform, GitLab CI, Cloud Build…)
• Knowledge of other Cloud Providers (AWS, Azure) appreciated
• Knowledge of Agile and DevOps methods

Personal Qualities

• Sense of service, listening, diplomacy
• Rigor and analytical capacity
• Technical leadership and team spirit
• Ability to simplify and structure complex issues
• Professional English B2/Fluent

What we offer

A teleworking agreement to telework up to 2 days per week depending on your missions.

• An attractive benefits package: health insurance, CSE, meal vouchers, profit-sharing, holiday and referral bonuses.
• Multiple career opportunities: more than 30 job families, as many gateways to imagine together.
• The possibility to commit to our foundation or our partner "Vendredi".
• The opportunity to join the Tech'Me UP collective (training, conferences, monitoring, and much more…).

Other

An inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to fight all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. This is why, committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage all applications and all profiles.